Years, Months and Days in Chinese Mandarin

First of all, to say and write dates in Chinese, you’ll need to know three keywords. 

EnglishCharacterPinyin
yearnián
monthyuè
datehào


Years in Chinese

The first step to saying the date in Chinese is to say the year.
For example,

2021
二零二一年
èr líng èr yī nián
Literally, “two zero two one year”

2005
二零零五年
èr líng líng wǔ nián
Literally, “two zero zero five year”

2000
二零零零年
èr líng líng líng nián
Literally, “two zero zero zero year”

1997
一九九七年
yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián
Literally: “one nine nine seven year”


Month in Chinese 

EnglishChinesePinyin
January一月yī yuè
February二月èr yuè
March三月sān yuè
April四月sì yuè
May五月wǔ yuè
June六月liù yuè
July七月qī yuè
August八月bā yuè
September九月jiǔ yuè
October十月shí yuè
November十一月shí yī yuè
December十二月shí èr yuè

Days of the Month in Chinese

Here’s how you say the 31 days of the month in Chinese.

EnglishChinesePinyin
1st一号yī hào
2nd二号èr hào
3rd三号sān hào
4th四号sì hào
5th五号wǔ hào
6th六号liù hào
7th七号qī hào
8th八号bā hào
9th九号jiǔ hào
10th十号shí hào
11th十一号shí yī hào
12th十二号shí èr hào
13th十三号shí sān hào
14th十四号shí sì hào
15th十五号shí wǔ hào
16th十六号shí liù hào
17th十七号shí qī hào
18th十八号shí bā hào
19th十九号shí jiǔ hào
20th二十号èr shí hào
21st二十一号èr shí yī hào
22nd二十二号èr shí èr hào
23rd二十三号èr shí sān hào
24th二十四号èr shí sì hào
25th二十五号èr shí wǔ hào
26th二十六号èr shí liù hào
27th二十七号èr shí qī hào
28th二十八号èr shí bā hào 
29th二十九号èr shí jiǔ hào
30th三十号sān shí hào
31st三十一号sān shí yī hào


EnglishChinesePinyin
today今天jīntiān
yesterday昨天míngtiān
tomorrow明天zuótiān
the day before yesterday前天qiántiān
the day after tomorrow后天hòutiān


EnglishChinesePinyin
this week这个星期zhè gè xīngqī
last week上个星期shànggè xīngqī
next week下个星期xià gè xīngqī


EnglishChinesePinyin
this month这个月zhè gè yuè
last month上个月shànggè yuè
next month下个月xià gè yuè


EnglishChinesePinyin
this year今年jīn nián
last year去年qù nián
next year明年míng nián

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